Trump's Iran Progress Claims, Oil Industry Profit From Iran War, Rubio Meets Pope Leo
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The episode discusses President Trump's claims about Iran negotiations, the oil industry's profits from the Iran war, and Marco Rubio's meeting with Pope Leo the Fourteenth.
President Trump is once again claiming the U.S. is on the cusp of a deal with Iran and that the Iranians are desperate to negotiate, even as Tehran has shown no sign of agreeing and U.S. gas prices remain above four dollars and fifty cents a gallon. Big oil companies are benefiting from high prices caused by the war in Iran, but many are wary of producing more oil. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is meeting Pope Leo the Fourteenth at the Vatican today after weeks of sharp public attacks by President Trump on the first American pope. Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Rebekah Metzler, Tina Kraja, Kara Platoni, Mohamad ElBardicy and Adriana Gallardo. It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas. Our director is Kaity Kline. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange. And our deputy Executive Producer is Kelley Dickens. (0:00) Introduction (01:58) Trump's Iran Progress Claims (05:37) Oil Industry Profit From Iran War (09:30) Rubio Meets Pope Leo See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of…
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Topics covered
- Iran negotiations
- oil industry profits
- political meetings
- U.S. gas prices
- Trump administration
Keywords
- Trump
- Iran
- oil prices
- Marco Rubio
- Pope Leo
- U.S. gas prices
- politics
- news
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Organizations: Big oil companies
Places: Iran, U.S., Vatican
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